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Rubiah Island with buoys sectioning off snorkelling areaĭespite my initial concerns that the snorkelling area was rather small, my perception changed immediately as soon as I put my head under the water. Despite him saying this, and there being a Muslim family next to us, I didn’t feel any animosity towards our presence and bathing attire so proceeded to relax. It was at this point I was glad we had paid $10 dollars to have him with us. Our guide informed us that we were fine to wear our swimming gear (the girls were also in bikinis) in the water but asked that when we were on the beach to remain covered up. Armed with only my aussiebum speedos in which to swim, I immediately felt out of place.
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I immediately noticed how covered up people were, some swimming in full niqab’s and long sleeve tops and dresses and I immediately realised we were no longer in liberal (ish) Bali. Upon arriving on Rubiah island we saw lots of people swimming in the water which was sectioned off for snorkelling. Going across the short stretch of water to Rubiah Island We also got one of the locals to act as our guide for the day and we paid him $10. As we were quoted a mere $15 dollars for the boat to take us there and back ($2 dollars per person) we jumped at the chance to go across to the other side. We saw small fishing boats tied up and we were offered a lift across the short water crossing to Rubiah Island on the other side. The water was blue, the sand was white and with greenery everywhere it felt like we were back in French Polynesia. We set off on our journey, through the lush green mountainous roads where we eventually made it to a beautiful beach nestled in a small village.
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After the driver – who initially tried to squeeze us into a car made for 6 passengers (at a push) – and after us putting our foot down saying the car was too small, the driver eventually agreed to take us in two cars for the same price – I guess we did end up bartering after all! The beautiful beach at Jeupin Layeu To drive us, wait for us and drop us back to the port we arranged a price of $50USD for 7 people – we didn’t even barter as we all felt this was a cheap price – $7 per person. We informed them that we would like to go snorkelling and they suggested we take a trip to Rubiah Island which was about a 45 minute drive away.
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Armed with the knowledge from a brief internet search that there was little to do here other than go to the beach, we proceeded to get a taxi and find a beach.Īfter attracting the attention of a local guide, we found a taxi that would take us to a nearby beach. With no phone service and very little in the way of infrastructure, I was hesitant to believe that we would find anything of note in this port.
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Sabang, despite having a relatively large port that could dock a ship of our size, was very rural in location. Therefore I was interested in how different, if at all, Sabang would be.įrom the moment I stepped off the ship I could immediately sense the difference from Bali. This lends itself to Bali attracting more of a western crowd as Bali seems less strict when it comes to its rules regarding drinking alcohol, covering up on the beach and its views towards homosexuality. Indonesia is primarily a Muslim country but Bali is predominantly Hindu in population. From what I had picked up, in terms of culture and religion, Bali seems to be a bit of an anomaly from the rest of Indonesia. From previously only having visited Bali in Indonesia, I was intrigued to see what the rest of this country had to offer as a tourist destination.